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Benefit for their testimony. so one of the things that you have to ask yourself, does their testimony line up with testimony of other witnesses, documents or other evidence, and here, i think that david peck ser someone who is not biased against president trump, but in fact, a ally of president trump, and so he would have enhanced credibility there. is also reporting that another employee of a publisher of ami was also involved in the the meetings, and alan weissenberg might also have more corro...

Pecker. american media incorporated admitted that two months into the campaign pecker offered to help deal with negative stories at t by assisting the campaign in identifying such stories so they could be purchased and their publication avoided. a year lat ami made $150,000 payment at the request and suggestion of one or more members or agents of a candidates 2016 presidential campaign. >> i dont think and i have to go check i dont think they even paid any money to that to be llo tabloid. i dont...

Would he lie against his own self-interest to admit to a felony. >> we have third thing too which is we have another person in the room. its always helpful in a he said, he said situation. we know david pecker, the ceo of ami, who has not been charged with lying received a non-prosecution agreement from prosecutors here in new york. now you have somebody in the room who can say i was in the room and what he is saying is true or what he is saying is true. we have three people in room. >> two of w...

Sarah huckabee sanders was asked about that. >> this didnt have anything to do with the president. the president was focused on the trans i transition and building out a new government. the role he had in the inauguration was to raise his hand and take the oath. same thing for the first lady. she wasnt engaged in this process. >> with that lets bring in our lead off panel. peter baker, chief correspondent for "the new york times." mya wiley, professor at the new school, daniel goldman, former at...

Room. he looked the at david pecker and said what can you do? how can you help my campaign? we know he made an illegal contribution. the approximated says he doesnt think he ever reimbursed ami and he didnt. but that isnt the issue. the issue, the president helped hatch in this conspiracy from the beginning and now the two other people in this room are both cooperating witnesses for the government. so you have both of the people in the middle of this conspiracy from the beginning who are now tel...

Demeaner. sentencing taking a whole other step. youre literally the judge asks you to stand and says, im sending you to jail for three years. >> what we heard from michael cohen and as it relates to what his former attorney told me yesterday on the show which is we have a lot of stuff to say but we cant talk about any of it. we cant tell you what evidence we have and cant point to any proof. whats the deal? could this be a bluff? is it michael cohens word or do you think he has the receipts to b...

By "the wall street journal"s as part of a nonprosecution agreement disclosed wednesday by federal prosecutors. the inquirers parent company, american media in incorporated committed that two months into the campaign, pecker offered to help deal with negative stories about the presidential candidates relationships with women by assisting the campaign in identifying such stories so they could be purchased and their publication avoided. a year later in august of 2016 after trump had been nominated...

Michael cohen his one time fixer and lawyer claim the president directed him to commit a felony. then came the more explosive allegation, ami, the company that publishes the "national enquirer" and is run by david pecker, a close friend of trump, signed a nonpros -- nonprosecution agreement to hide an alleged affair with playboy model karen mcdougal through the presidential came and throughout the campaign they acted as the de facto pr wing promoting trump and savaging hillary clinton. in fact y...

Be stories we dont even know about. >> weve talked a time or two about this idea prosecutors dont just rely on the idea of the uncorroborated word of one witness. michael cohen will never take the stand in a future case and testify without any backup. instead what prosecutors do, well have layer and layer of evidence that confirms and reinforces the strength of their case. and thats what we see now. weve got weisselberg the check writer, david pecker at ami. theres some indication the chief offi...

Whatever additional questions they may have for me. >> youre saying there are certain issues you cant get into because youre still cooperating with them? >> correct. and out of respect for process. >> a lot of respect for process. jill wine-banks, i ask you this question. this seems like an important thing. the southern district, people were not that happy with michael cohens, the level of his cooperation. we also know that robert mueller was reportedly very happy and robert mueller is focused m...